Location Log 4+
Privately track your location
A Quinn
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- Free
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Description
Record your own movements / location
Location Log is made for people that like to be able to know exactly where they were at any point in time, but who also value their privacy and want to be able to achieve this without having to share their data with anyone (not even the app developer).
Once installed, Location Log continuously and accurately tracks your location in the background throughout each day, ensuring that your location data is held *locally* on your device, and available only to you - not shared with anyone. You can browse your past locations either by date or by area search.
In a world where data tends to be the new currency, Location Log stands against this trend by trying to keep as much of your data as private as possible, so that you do not have to share it with anyone. This is why no sign-up or login is required, and of course no centralised server is used to store any location history: because the location data is held privately and locally on your device.
The app has been specifically designed in a unique way to optimise battery usage, despite continuously and accurately tracking your location throughout each day in the background.
• History function: to view your movements on any date (also useful to help determine the time you arrived and left any specific location, say, to calculate how long a visit to a business client lasted for).
• Distance calculator: to calculate approximate distance travelled between selected times of a day, useful for mileage claim calculations.
• Search function allows you to search any region to reveal all historic dates that you visited that area.
• Delete, import, and export functions are available, so you have complete control of your data.
• ON/OFF toggle allows you to start/stop logging your location.
• Logging Frequency: Provides options for the frequency of logging.
• Backing up your device (via iCloud, or through you Mac/PC) is advised to keep a backup of your Location History data (for example when when replacing your handset). You can also manually export your location history using the 'export' function, and use the 'import' feature to import it back in as well.
• Offers Export to GPX format
What’s New
Version 2.5
- Bug fix to 'map type' toggle switch (thank you 'K' for pointing out)
Ratings and Reviews
Does what it says, and developer is responsive.
Saving locations is like archiving emails: I’ll never need 99.9% of them ever again, but that last 0.1 % ends up super useful to have handy. For ages, I’ve been on the lookout for something to keep track of where I’ve been, without storing that data on some server (like Google would.)
This app nails it! Private location log, stored on my phone, which can be exported to a standard file format as either JSON or GPX.
Plus, the developer answers emails. Great support.
Developer Response ,
Thank you so much for your words ‘Wubs’… You’ve hit the nail on the head, as that is *exactly* what I was looking for in an app myself, but I couldn’t find one that existed, so I learnt to code and created it myself. Very glad that there are others (like yourself) who also wanted such an app 🙂 Thank you 🙏
Does what it says and does it well
Used to be half the App Store was the result of a developer having a very specific itch and writing an app to scratch it. This is that app. Example: I hit the thrift stores all the time, but they start to blur together in my head after a while. There’s one near where I’m going but I can’t remember if my last visit was a month ago or six. So I pop open the app and search for the store and tap the pin and it tells me. Brilliant!
Thanks!
Found this app while searching for a effective, non-invasive way to record all the antique stores we've visited here in Maine and all the motorcycle rides Ive taken. Hard to keep track of them all, and this way I hope to make it easier to find new rides and new places!
Developer Response ,
Thank you kindly for taking the time to leave a great review … also interesting to hear people’s different use-cases (‘motorcycle rides’ and ‘antique stores’ - sounds great!)
App Privacy
The developer, A Quinn, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- A Quinn
- Size
- 1.2 MB
- Category
- Travel
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 14.1 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 14.1 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease battery life.
- Copyright
- © 2021 A Quinn
- Price
- Free